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Man Killed by Train at Sheridan Red Line Stop

By Erica Demarest | June 10, 2013 7:00am | Updated on June 10, 2013 1:07pm
 A 61-year-old man was struck by a Red Line train at the Sheridan station Sunday and died early Monday morning.
A 61-year-old man was struck by a Red Line train at the Sheridan station Sunday and died early Monday morning.
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CHICAGO — A 61-year-old man died after being struck by a Red Line train Sunday night, authorities said.

The man was hit about 6 p.m. at the Sheridan Red Line station, 3940 N. Sheridan Ave., said Sgt. Alexander Stinites, a Chicago Police Department spokesman.

The train was going southbound into the station when it hit Markotic, CTA spokeswoman Catherine Hosinksi said. He was pushed back onto the platform, and he was conscious when the Chicago Fire Department arrived, Hosinksi said.

Further details about how he was struck were not immediately available.

The man was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 12:08 a.m. Monday, according to the medical examiner's office.

An autopsy ruled the man's death a suicide.

Reporter Emily Morris contributed.